Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Health Network (AHN) recently began manufacturing COVID-19 test kits as a way to combat the national shortage. COVID-19 specimen kits come fully assembled from the vendor, ...
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Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) outlined Wednesday how Pennsylvania may benefit from last week’s passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion federal stimulus packa...
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Legislation is in the works in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would strengthen national security and boost employment by expanding U.S. manufacturing, according to bill author Rep. Fra...
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United States Steel Corp. will implement a series of “aggressive and meaningful” actions in response to the significant corporate and global oil and gas market changes brought on by the COVID-19 c...
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Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County) announced last week his plans to introduce legislation to allow all state construction projects to resume operatio...
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Republican state representatives from Adams, Cumberland, and York counties are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to allow construction workers to return to job sites and complete projects after Wolf classified con...
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Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday vetoed House Bill 1100, an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit bill, in a move that supporters of the legislation said would sacrifice high-paying jobs for Pennsylva...
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Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI), a global advanced materials manufacturer based in Pittsburgh, announced Wednesday the one-year extension of its labor agreement with the United Steelworkers (USW). ...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved $61 million in low-interest loans Tuesday for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, Senate Maj...
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Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) recently sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf outline a plan to boost the state’s economic recovery efforts, workers, and small businesses after the COVID-19 p...
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A Pennsylvania bill approved by the General Assembly that’s sitting on the governor’s desk awaiting action by March 28 would provide an energy and fertilizer manufacturing tax credit for projects ...
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Recently introduced legislation aims to help Pennsylvanians paying off their home and student loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The help would come in the form of two bills that would waive inter...
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The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) sent correspondence March 21 to Gov. Tom Wolf, urging him to reconsider his ban against construction pr...
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Duquesne Light Co. recently contributed $500,000 to the Emergency Action Fund, a joint effort between The Pittsburgh Foundation, Heinz Endowments, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Hillman Family Founda...
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On March 19 at 8 p.m., Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all non-life-sustaining businesses in Pennsylvania to close physical locations to mitigate a further spread of COVID-19, drawing heavy criticism and concer...
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Gov. Tom Wolf asked the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Wednesday to implement a disaster declaration, which would allow eligible nonprofit organizations and businesses statewide to apply ...
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Sen. Tom Killion (R-Chester/Delaware Counties) announced plans to introduce legislation establishing a zero-interest loan program for small businesses that have been affected by community mitigation e...
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Essential Utilities Inc., one of the largest publicly traded water, wastewater and natural gas providers in the United States, announced Monday the $4.275 billion acquisition of Peoples, a natural gas...
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Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman, recently signed an emergency order prohibiting the termination of electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommu...
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Gov. Tom Wolf mandated closure on March 15 of all bars and sit-in restaurants under Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 disaster declaration order, following a similar order announced Friday calling for the shu...
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